164 HOUSE PLANTS 



long; also it forms a big rosette. About one 

 plant is enough in a collection. If you wish 

 more, break off a leaf at the joint and put it 

 in sand; in a few weeks a bud will develop 

 at the base. I have, however, seen leaves 

 that failed to make a bud. They continued 

 for three or four years to exist simply as 

 rooted leaves. 



A good many cotyledons are used dur- 

 ing the summer for carpet bedding, but 

 perhaps the commonest is C, secunda, var. 

 glauca. This plant is about three inches in 

 diameter and one or two inches high; the 

 flower stalks are always kept pinched out, 

 for the flowers are uninteresting. 



SEDUMS AND HOUSE LEEKS 



There are a great many sedums and they 

 are very interesting plants too. The showy 

 sedum (S. spectahile) and the live-for-ever 

 {S. Telephium), are two that are hardy and 

 can be successfully grown outdoors as well 

 as in the house. The commonest sedum, 

 however, is the stonecrop (iS. acre). This is 

 an evergreen and may be used as a hanging 

 plant for the stems will hang down over the 

 sides of the pot, or it may be used in filling 



